When Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and their pals set their quill pens to parchment to write the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Decatur County, Iowa, was still a half ...

Iowa’s average 4th grade math score was 237, while Illinois was at 236. Iowa’s 8th grade math score was 275, but the Illinois score was 277. In reading, Iowa 4th graders came in at 215 and Illinois at ...

This week, the Senate passed a bill to increase public school funding for the next fiscal year by 2%. This is in alignment with what the Governor proposed in her ...

The Iowa House passed a bill Thursday with a 2.25% per-pupil funding increase alongside other funding changes for Iowa’s public K-12 schools. The move sends the legislation back to the ...

Republicans on an Iowa Senate panel gave initial approval Thursday to legislation creating guidelines for public high school courses on the Bible.

Iowa landowners may apply to participate in the 2025 Landowner Education Program offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The application window is open until April 4. Program events ...

A crash at the intersection of 180th Street and US Highway 63 (Drakesville turnoff) caused $13,000 in disabling damages at 5:16 p.m. on Feb. 10.

Due to a funding freeze issued by the federal government, three Pathways abandoned mine land (AML) projects have been stopped even though they are halfway or more than halfway completed.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff will provide updates on recently completed hunting and trapping seasons, discuss possib ...

Bloomfield native, Colonel Gavin Tade, has received yet another commendation for his honorable service in the U.S. Air Force.

Both the City of Bloomfield and Davis County Highway Department were kept busy during the snowfall Feb. 12 and 13, but not ...

Davis County Speech Coach Joy Orwig is thrilled with the outstanding ratings DCHS speech students are bringing home as the 2025 contest season gets underway.